Nights Out Events in Edinburgh in December 2025
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Events in Edinburgh
Showtime @ The Comedy Attic
Join us for Showtime at The Comedy Attic every Friday and Saturday for the best comedy this glorious city of Edinburgh has to offer!
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Stand Up Horror
Actor, writer and tour guide Alex Staniforth invents a horror story every night at Stand Up Horror... you decide what the characters do, find and sometimes - yes sometimes - even love!
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Free For All
Free For All is back at Monkey Barrel - with a fresh new vibe! Full-on, no holds barred live comedy for anyone and everyone.
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Top Banana
Catch the comedy stars of the future and pro comics trying out new material every Wednesday night at Monkey Barrel Comedy's 'Top Banana'!
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Spandex Comedy
Don't miss out on Spandex Comedy! Join us every Tuesday night for a top night of laughs featuring stand up comedians from across the country dropping in to liven up the start of your week!
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Susan Morrison is historically funny
Susan Morrison, host of BBC Radio Scotland's 'Time Travels', will take you through some of Scotland's seediest, skankiest and scandalous history. And the funniest.
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Stu and Garry’s Free Improv Show
Marvel as resident duo Stu & Garry weave comedy magic from your suggestions in this long-running improvised show at The Stand Edinburgh!
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Ceilidh in Charteris Centre
Edinburgh Ceilidhs invites you to their regular ceilidh in the Charteris Centre with caller Ken Gourlay, ceilidh band and piper!
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Live Music at The Botanist
The Botanist hosts live music from Thursday to Sunday every week! From acoustic singles, duos, trios and full band, we have it all.
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Boards, Bags & Banter: Edinburgh’s Cornhole Social
Join us at The Biscuit Factory on Mondays for a fun-filled night of tossing bags and making new friends, perfect for all skill levels!
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Edinburgh ‘Open House’ Ceilidhs
Join Edinburgh ‘Open House’ Ceilidhs with Live Band & Caller, held in the Royal British Legion Hall! If you love to dance or want to learn this event is for you.
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Syrian Supper Club
Come and join the Cyrenians for their delicious Syrian food cooked with love by their award winning chef Noura Selibi!
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Edinburgh Ceilidh Club at Assembly Roxy
Come and experience Scottish dance the way its meant to be every month at the Edinburgh Ceilidh Club at the Assembly Roxy!
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MC Hammersmith and Friends
Multi-award winning freestyle rap comedian MC Hammersmith presents an evening of improvised comedy raps based entirely on your suggestions. And he will also be joined by his friends!
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Edinburgh Zoo Giant Lanterns
Edinburgh Zoo's award-winning Giant Lanterns event is back this winter, for the first time in six years, with a never-before-seen theme, featuring all things aquatic!
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Castle Of Light
Make Castle of Light: Fire and Ice part of your festive plans and enjoy the largest annual projection show in the UK when it returns for its sixth year!
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Five Sisters Zoo Christmas Illuminations
By popular demand, Five Sisters Zoo's Christmas Illuminations are back this winter with a mesmerizing display of colour and light!
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Scottish Ballet: The Snow Queen
Scottish Ballet’s spectacular and much-loved production of The Snow Queen returns to the Festival Theatre stage in 2025!
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Cinderella: A Fairytale
Coming to the Royal Lyceum Edinburgh Christmas 2025, the story we all love that has captivated audiences around the UK: Cinderella!
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Snow White
Mirror Mirror on the wall, what is the greatest panto of all? Join us deep in the forest this Christmas as the Reconnect Regal Theatre presents ‘Snow White’!
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The Wizard of Oz - Panto 2025
Join us over the rainbow this Christmas as Reconnect Reconnect Howden Park presents ‘The Wizard of Oz’!
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Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse
California-based roots rock band Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse return to The Voodoo Rooms on 1st December!
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The Simon & Garfunkel Story
After a sold out Worldwide tour and standing ovations at every performance, 'The Simon & Garfunkel Story' comes to the Assembly Rooms on Monday 1st December!
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An Evening with Tony Christie - Up Close and Unplugged
Legendary crooner, Tony Christie, brings his Great Farewell ‘Unplugged’ Tour to The Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh on Tuesday 2nd December!
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The Wombats
Liverpool's The Wombats return to Edinburgh Corn Exchange on Tuesday 2nd December in support of their new album - Oh! The Ocean!
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Christmas by Candlelight
‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas’, so join us at the Assembly Rooms for this magical evening of best loved festive hits performed live by Candlelight.
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Bublé Christmas by Candlelight
Featuring a live Big Band and the UK’s number one Michael Bublé tribute act, returns for an unforgettable evening of Christmas hits made famous by the one and only Michael Bublé!
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Flook, Malin Lewis + guests
Malin Lewis Presents Flook, Malin Lewis + guests at The Queen's Hall Edinburgh as part of a new captivating series of folk and traditional music!
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Josh Jones: I Haven’t Won The Lottery So Here’s Another Tour Show
After his 2023/24 sell-out smash tour Gobsmacked, Josh Jones returns to Monkey Barrel Comedy with his best show yet.
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Mark Brzezicki’s Big Country
Mark Brzezicki's Big Country will play a handful of dates this autumn along with special guests The Cuza, don't miss them live at Edinburgh's La Belle Angele on Thursday 4th December!
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Rosie Jones: I Can’t Tell What She Is Saying
Join star of Taskmaster Rosie Jones as she heads back out on the road with her brand-new stand-up show, coming to The Stand Edinburgh on Thursday 4th December!
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: The Nutcracker
Scottish Chamber Orchestra's Maxim Emelyanychev invites you to immerse yourself in all the sugar, snow and sparkle of the composer's full ballet score.
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ABBA Odyssey - A Standout Tribute
ABBA Odyssey are a standout act, featuring singers who produce the most authentic tribute to the iconic ABBA sound, catch them live at La Belle Angele on Friday 5th December!
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Corn Exchange Christmas Cracker
Edinburgh Corn Exchange is thrilled to be bringing back the ‘best party in town’ this December and this year’s celebrations are going to be unmissable!
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Marconi Union
Manchester’s Marconi Union have forged their own path with a succession of strong albums and carefully selected live performances. Catch them at Sneaky Pete's Edinburgh on 5th December!
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Panjabi Hit Squad
South Asian duo, Panjabi Hit Squad, bring their world famous Desi-Beats sound to The Mash House on Thursday 4th December.
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RSNO Season 25-26: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
Giedrė Šlekytė is our guide tonight and the wonderful Nemanja Radulović is the star in the heart-rending love song that is Tchaikovsky's ever-popular Violin Concerto.
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The Bryan Adams Experience
The Bryan Adams Experience is a celebration and tribute to the hit songs and enduring popularity of Bryan Adams, catch them at Bannermans Bar, Edinburgh on Friday 5th December.
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The Wizard of Oz - Pantomime - Haddington
Follow the yellow brick road to the Corn Exchange Haddington for a magical, musical panto adventure for all ages.
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A Fairytale for Christmas
Bring your family and friends along to Edinburgh Playhouse and share in the joy of A Fairytale for Christmas, an Irish Christmas night out you won't forget!
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Count Arthur Strong Is Charles Dickens In ‘a Christmas Carol’
Join Count Arthur Strong as he delivers the Charles Dickens story and follows this with his own adaptation of the most classic of festive tales, A Christmas Carol at the EICC in December 2025!
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Lanterns Grotto
Make your little one's evening at Edinburgh Zoo’s Giant Lanterns extra special this festive season and meet Santa Claus at our Christmas Grotto, which will be inside our Budongo Trail building!
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Morgan Wallen Tribute UK
EDINBURGH! Time to get some sand in your boots! The UK's only tribute to Morgan Wallen is coming to The Liquid Room for one huge night of modern country on 6th December!
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Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Acclaimed British pianist Paul Lewis takes centre stage in this programme of Romantic classics at the Usher Hall on Sunday 7th December!
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The Icicle Works
The Icicle Works will headline The Voodoo Rooms Edinburgh on Monday 8th December, playing all the classics plus a carefully-curated selection of McNabb solo material!
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MAMMA MIA!
Don't miss MAMMA MIA! at the Edinburgh Playhouse from December 2025! Enjoy the ultimate feel-good factor at the world’s sunniest and most exhilarating smash-hit musical.
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Phil Nichol - Trying My Best
Phil Nichol has been getting better at comedy since March 1987. One of these days he may just get it right. Catch him at The Stand Edinburgh on 9th December!
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The Bootleg Beatles
Regarded the world over as being the Gold standard of Tribute, the Bootleg Beatles return to the Usher Hall this December for another nostalgic whirlwind trip through the sixties.
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Scottish Opera - Tchaikovsky’s Heroines & Heroes
For one night only on 10th December at Edinburgh's Usher Hall, enjoy a three for one operatic experience through Tchaikovsky.
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Luke Combs UK: The Christmas Country Hoe Down
Luke Combs UK, the worlds leading tribute to Luke Combs (endorsed by the man himself), is coming to the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on 11th December!
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Gnarly Buttons
Join the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for a thrilling journey from the music of John Adams including hypnotic pulsations to red-hot emotion and vast cinematic soundscapes.
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A Very Buble Christmas
Get into the Christmas spirit and prepare to be captivated by the fabulous talents of Michael Hastie, Scotland’s number one Michael Bublé tribute act, with Jon Ritchie & That Swing Sensation!
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Absolute Bowie - Greatest Hits
Prepare to be taken from A to Z (Absolute Beginners to Ziggy!) with Stations to Station in between when Absolute Bowie return to The Liquid Room on Friday 12th December!
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PorkPie Live plus Pretty Green (The Jam) Christmas Special
PorkPie, Scotland’s 9-piece Ska Behemoth return to The Queen's Hall Edinburgh on Friday 12th December for this Christmas Special!
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RSNO 2025/26: Home Alone in Concert
The iconic Christmas family film Home Alone will be brought to life at this special screening featuring live music from the RSNO at Edinburgh's Usher Hall!
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Jericho Hill - Johnny Cash Tribute
Scotland's very own Johnny Cash Tribute Jericho Hill are back to rock at Dreadnought Rock on Saturday 13th December!
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Live At Christmas: with headliner Sam Campbell
The country’s best comedians are coming to The Queen's Hall Edinburgh for a spectacular all-star festive show on the 13th December!
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Massaoke: Christmas Live
MASSAOKE is the best night out you’ll ever have and it's coming to the Usher Hall on Saturday 13th December!
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Panto 2025: Jack and the Beanstalk
Join Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Jordan Young for the GIANT of a pantomime we've all BEAN waiting for!
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Taylor Swift ERAS Tribute Concert
Katy Ellis a self Confessed ‘Swiftie’ with an incredible live band and dancers promises to deliver the most authentic recreation of a Taylor Swift show you will ever see!
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Aynsley Lister
Aynsley Lister, billed as one of the most exciting contemporary Blues guitarists around today, returns to The Caves Edinburgh for his annual sell out December gig on the 14th!
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Cara Dillon - Upon A Winter’s Night
Cara Dillon is set to embark on her much-loved Christmas tour, Upon A Winter’s Night with a date at The Queen's Hall Edinburgh on Sunday 14th December!
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Joe Sutherland: Miss World
Joe ‘could have been a dancer’ Sutherland is bravely talking about something that, until recently, he’s suffered in silence: being a total hunk!
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This Christmas, join John Barrowman at the Assembly Rooms for Camp As Christmas... a brand-new show bursting with festive favourites showstopping tunes and plenty of glitz!
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Laura Stevenson
Acclaimed New York singer-songrwiter Laura Stevenson will headline Edinburgh's Sneaky Pete's on Sunday 14th December in support of her new album!
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Love Actually: The Film With Live Orchestra
Love Actually, the star-studded rom-com that has become a Christmas classic, returns to the Usher Hall this December with a full orchestra performing its soundtrack live to screen!
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Tom Stade - Naughty By Nature
Direct from the Edinburgh festival, and his last smash-hit nationwide tour, Tom Stade, the legendary Canadian stand-up star, is back on the road with a brand-new show.
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Transmission: The Sound of Joy Division
Forty years on, you can still relive the dark, cavernous sound of Joy Division through Transmission, the UK's number one Joy Division tribute act when they return to The Voodoo Rooms on 14th December!
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Dr. Robert & Matt Deighton
Dr Robert (The Blow Monkeys) and Matt Deighton (Oasis / Mother Earth) will play The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh on Monday 15th December!
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Dunedin Consort: Messiah
There are few more uplifting ways to celebrate the festive season than to listed to the Dunedin Consort perfom Handel's Messiah!
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Step Into Christmas
This Christmas feel-good show brings all the magic of the season to life, with all your favourite songs you will know and love!
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The Stand Christmas Special
Forget wearing paper hats and eating over-priced turkey – instead come and get some Christmas cheer from the very best comics from the UK and beyond at The Stand Edinburgh!
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Christmas Party Comedy Show
Join Breakneck Comedy for the funniest Christmas party in town, featuring Des Clarke, Jack Traynor, Viv Gee and Chris Forbes at Lauriston Hall on Friday 19th December!
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Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook
Phil Cunningham returns to The Queen's Hall with his extremely popular annual Christmas Songbook in December 2025!
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RSNO Christmas Concert Featuring The Snowman
Join the RSNO this December for a special feast of Christmas cheer! Comedian Josie Long will narrate our popular screening of the magical film!
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The Gerry Cinna-Man Experience + Sam Offender
The UK's No1 Tribute To Gerry Cinnamon, The Gerry Cinna-Man Experience, comes to The Liquid Room on Friday 19th December with support from Sam Offender!
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The Monsters of Rock - Alive in 2025
Join Thunder Hammer as they present the Monsters of Rock LIVE. The greatest hits, by the greatest Rock and Metal bands from the 70's, 80's and 90's.
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Follow the yellow brick road to the Musselburgh for a magical, musical panto adventure for all ages.
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Big Country
Big Country return to the Liquid Room on Saturday 20th December for their only Edinburgh show of 2025 as part of their Eastworld UK tour!
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Candlelight: Christmas Movie Soundtracks
discover the music of Christmas Movie Soundtracks at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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The Holiday - Film with Live Orchestra
The beloved Christmas film, The Holiday, will return to the Usher Hall this festive season, featuring its musical score performed live to the film by a full concert orchestra!
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ABBA Christmas by Candlelight
Deck the halls with disco this Christmas season, and join us for the ultimate ABBA celebration, performed live at the beautiful Assembly Rooms, by candlelight.
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China Crisis
Don't miss China Crisis when they bring 'The Y Stop Now Tour' to The Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh on Monday 22nd December!
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Elephant Sessions
Elephant Sessions celebrate their 13th year as band in 2025 and play The Queen's Hall Edinburgh on Tuesday 23rd December!
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Oldskool Reality Event IV: Mallorca Lee Tribute
Join us at The Mash House on 26th December for Oldskool Reality Event IV in honour of the late DJ/MC Mallorca Lee!
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Hogmanay Specials
Get ready to wave goodbye to the old and start a fresh with some much need comedy at the Stand Edinburgh!
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Skerryvore
The multi award-winning trad-rock band Skerryvore bring their 20th Anniversary Winter Tour to Edinburgh Corn Exchange on Saturday 27th December!
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G4 Christmas
Selling out every year, G4 will be back on the road in 2025 with their ‘G4 Christmas’ tour. Catch them at the Usher Hall in Sunday 28th December!
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Bad Manners & Max Splodge
Bad Manners are hitting the road in 2025, marking their 50th year of bringing infectious, high-energy two-tone ska to audiences around the world! Catch them at La Belle Angele on 29th December!
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Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Torchlight Procession
The spectacular Torchlight Procession will once again light up the city with a river of fire created by over 15,000 torch bearers and friends from around the world!
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The Music of Zimmer vs Williams
Prepare for an unforgettable evening as two of the greatest film composers of all time go head-to-head in The Music of Zimmer vs Williams.
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Night Afore Hoolie
Scottish folk rock stars Peat & Diesel are set to headline this year’s Night Afore Hoolie on 30th December 2025!
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The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
Join in the fun and enjoy the party atmosphere of a traditional Scottish Hogmanay at the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra's annual festive concert!
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Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party
The world-famous Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party returns to the historic city centre, to once again light-up the Edinburgh skies!
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Nights Out Events in East Renfrewshire
Here's a selection of Nights Out Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:
Weekly Quiz Night
Get your trivia heads on and join The Redhurst Hotel in their bar on Wednesday evenings for their weekly Quiz Night!
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Buddy Holly at Christmas
Buddy Holly and the Cricketers once again herald in the Yuletide festivities with Holly at Christmas, the show that is now as traditional as mulled wine and mince pies!
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Cinema Screening: John Cleese Packs It In
Don't miss this wry, behind-the-scenes portrait of a comedy legend on the road when Eastwood Park Theatre Cinema screens John Cleese Packs It In!
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Here's a selection of Nights Out Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
Christmas Party Comedy Show
Join us at Markinch Town Hall on 6th December for the funniest Christmas party in town!
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Christmas Party Comedy Show
Join Breakneck Comedy for the funniest Christmas party in town, featuring Des Clarke, Jack Traynor, Scott Forbes and Chris Forbes at the Corn Exchange Cupar on Friday 19th December!
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John Barrowman - Camp as Christmas
This Christmas, join John Barrowman at Rothes Halls for Camp As Christmas... a brand-new show bursting with festive favourites showstopping tunes and plenty of glitz!
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Here's a selection of Nights Out Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:
Max McNown
Max McNown has just unveiled his first-ever UK and EU headline tour which will see him headline The Barrowlands on Tuesday 2nd December!
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Friday Night Comedy
Glee Club Glasgow's Friday Night Comedy is the perfect way to end the working week! Four superb stand-up comedians and a great range of tasty food offerings!
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The Music of Zimmer Vs. Williams
The two greatest film composers of the 20th Century, Hans Zimmer and John Williams, go head to head in this special concert at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Tuesday 30th December!
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Here's a selection of Nights Out Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Cinema: The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker has long been one of the most delightful ways to discover the enchantment of ballet – and makes for a delicious seasonal treat for all the family!
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Ho Ho Ho-Down
Saddle up for a rootin' tootin' Christmas celebration like no other at The Salmon Leap's Ho Ho Ho-Down on Friday 12th December!
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Michelle McManus’ Winter Wonderland
Michelle McManus' Winter Wonderland is back for 2025 so get ready to shake your Christmas baubles with Yuletide glee and book now for all the festive cheer you'll need this December!
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Here's a selection of Nights Out Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Erskine Arts Cinema Screenings
Erskine Arts are bringing affordable cinema to Renfrewshire! With a genre spanning line up of films from family sing-alongs to cult classics, there's something for everyone.
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Deacon Blues
Don't miss an evening celebrating one of Scotland's greatest musical exports, Deacon Blue when Deacon Blues return to The Bungalow Paisley on Saturday 20th December!
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Wine Down Wednesday
Enjoy a fun filled night in a busy and cosy pub located in the heart of Renfrew at Wine Down Wednesdays in Davidson's Bar!
READ MORENights Out Events in Stirling
Here's a selection of Nights Out Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
James Yorkston + Viking Moses
The Tolbooth Stirling welcomes the return of James Yourkston along with support from Viking Moses on Saturday 6th December!
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Stirling Folk Club Events 2025
Check out all the upcoming events at Stirling Folk Club in 2025!
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Hogmanay Party & Stay or Party Only at Stirling Court Hotel
Welcome the New Year in sparkling style with Stirling Court Hotel's Hogmanay Party and Stay Package!
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Christmas Party Comedy Show
Join Breakneck Comedy for the funniest Christmas party in town, featuring Des Clarke, Laura Quinn Goh, Joe Heenan and Chris Forbes at The Park Hotel, Kilmarnock on Thursday 11th December!
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